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weim55 12-08-2017 04:42 PM
My new '50 - good ones are still out there!
 
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Been looking for just the right original AD truck for a couple + decades. My son who is a lineman for the power company spotted this in a backyard he was working in. He struck up a conversation with the owner and long story short he was ready to sell. Hasn't been on the road for 35 years. This is after a couple of hours of cleaning it up in the driveway. Should I have wheels turning again by spring!

Steve weim55 Colorado

weim55 12-08-2017 04:44 PM
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Couple more pics .....

youngrodder 12-08-2017 04:46 PM
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Looks like a great truck to start with....

Good luck

Marc

MARTINSR 12-08-2017 07:36 PM
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Drive it! DRIVE IT'S WHEELS OFF!


Brian

weim55 12-08-2017 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by MARTINSR (Post 8100110)
Drive it! DRIVE IT'S WHEELS OFF!


Brian
I certainly will once it can move under its own power again! The 216 is locked up from sitting, zero brakes, dry rotted tires, etc...... Once all those issues are addressed he can certainly see the road again. One of the most solid originals I've ever seen.

Steve weim55 Colorado

Advanced Design 12-08-2017 09:12 PM
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Congrat's on the nice truck find. Was it stored all those years?

weim55 12-08-2017 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Advanced Design (Post 8100185)
Congrat's on the nice truck find. Was it stored all those years?
It's never been stored in a garage ever, been sitting outside all these years. It has been repainted once in its lifetime, previous owner thinks sometime in the early 70s. The paint must be some wonderful asbestos lead-based iron wear lacquer. It is held up remarkably well all these years. Only worn to the primer on the roof and parts of the hood.

Steve weim55 Colorado

MARTINSR 12-08-2017 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by weim55 (Post 8100131)
I certainly will once it can move under its own power again! The 216 is locked up from sitting, zero brakes, dry rotted tires, etc...... Once all those issues are addressed he can certainly see the road again. One of the most solid originals I've ever seen.

Steve weim55 Colorado
On the brakes, don't try to save anything. Put a new master, wheel cylinders all the brake lines and hoses, it's so damn easy it's crazy to replace everything, just do it.

Brian

duramax55 12-08-2017 11:12 PM
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looks awsome your right still some nice one out there

mongocanfly 12-09-2017 12:20 AM
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wow..they do exist...that's a super clean looking survivor. .


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